NEEDMORE FLATTERY won her fifth stakes of 2014 and her ninth stakes overall after her 2 1/2-length win in the Rose DeBartolo Memorial S. Going 1 1/16 miles, the 3-year-old filly byFLATTER was reserved early, moved up around the final turn, took the lead with a furlong to go and drew away under mild encouragement at Thistledown. As a 2-year-old last year,NEEDMORE FLATTERY won four consecutive stakes. Thus far in 2014, the Timothy Hamm trainee has won or placed in seven of eight starts, including five wins, and now has lifetime earnings of $338,900 as a Bruce Ryan & Blazing Meadows Farm homebred.
